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's awesome. members of the recovery community in rhode island have all come out, and we've had wonderful speakers and a great day of celebration of the value and importance of support for people who are in recovery. actually seeing recovery in the heart of providence, on main street, bringing the discussion out into the public so we can all be a part of it, is just terrific. we do a lot of public education on a day like this and let people know who the fellowship is and that they can come to us for treatment and services in the future. when you've got a mental illness or substance abuse, it can be very lonely, and you can feel very isolated. you can kind of feel like it only is happening to me. and then they come out, and they realize how many other people are taking this journey, too. it's just very uplifting to people. it makes me not feel alone, you know. there are other people that are around, that have the same issues, and it's not only me that i have to worry about. it's others that also need the support. it is really exciting to see how your great work here in rhode island is bein

, a city in massachusetts, a small river had invited rhode islanders to cross over the border to come to his christmas free lighting because he's proudly calling it a christmas tree and the governor in rhode island is just calling it a holiday tree. >> and the governor of rhode island is going to call at that holiday free, it's not a christmas tree. and there's the governor from rhode island. >> suspiciously looking. >> and pointed out by the viewers. >> the mayor from the small town in massachusetts had been-- >> we just felt that rhode islanders were gypped and didn't go a chance to go to the state house and light the tree astra digs and felt they were showing change and across the border 15 minutes from you and have a good time tonight. >> dave: their christmas tree lighting and apparently a few rhode islanders there, does it bother you some call it a holiday tree versus a christmas tree? let us know. and coming up we have doreen, a state rep, a plan of her own that holds her own christmas tree lighting in the capital there at rhode island. >> okay, we'll look at more of that. >> c

from alaska, new hampshire, rhode island, massachusetts be permitted to proceed in a colloquy for a period of about 15 minutes, with the understanding that at the end of it, we will enter into a quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. kerry: i thank the chair. mr. president, i just begin by -- by saying very quickly that there is an amendment that has been brought forward to try to strike from an emergency assistance bill critical aid, aid that is frankly less than it ought to be in order to deal with the crisis of the fisheries, not of one state but of the entire new england region and of other regions in the country, pacific also and other parts of the country that have been hit. the fact is that in massachusetts, we have 77,000 jobs, several billion dollars, several billion dollar industry as part of our culture, part of our history. fishing is vital to our state. we have local fishermen, we have commercial fishermen, we have the sport fishing industry, and it is a vital part of the congress of our state, of the entire history of our nation. we have been

have rhode island hired. the 9.5-foot crest at fox point, title christ was the fifth highest ever on record and we had 130,000 homes and businesses this power, which is a sick chicken portion of the state of 1 billion people. the southern coast of rhode island was hit the hardest. the westerly coast you can see how the hotels and restaurants along the shore were really clobbered by this. i can remember walking around and coming up out of the beach. jalopies commit the poster closer the 1930s and 1940s had been buried decades ago to hold the beach intact and now for the first time since then, the tearing up of the beaches has exposed by cold cadavers from a horror movie coming out to beach. it's good to the next one. this is the atlantic avenue that goes along the sand from on the disturbance pilot at chest height and we're still literally taking out from the sand. the damage went into neighborhoods behind this commercial street, several blocks back and it's a very considerable blow. a lot of these businesses are seasonal businesses in this. there is fantastic about getting back an

tompt thank you very much. >> and the public was not invited to the lighting of the rhode island tree this year. the governor used the term holiday tree instead of christmas tree and that fueled protest in the lighting ceremony. this morning he wanted to avoid a disrespectful. he said it is hol tray tree like to prayer in public schools. >> of course, you can't ask nonchristians to say a christian prayer in public school and so these controversies, you generate them here. >> it is not clear how long the term holiday tree has been in use. but previous rhode island governors did not use the term christmas try either. >> do you agree with the governor's decision to call it a holiday tree. why or why not? tweet us your worries and i will read those responses later in the hour. >> a fascinating new discovery on the planet murkry. ice has been found in the planet's polar region. they were taken by mercury messenger . researchers are feeling that it may have come tofrom two sources. metorites or planetary out gassing. it was part of a year long mission to record and map the surface. amazing

of rhode island. almost 4 million people visited last year and you might be tempted to ask are we loving yosemite to death? greedy ravages of man have been the big threat. >> what we have here in yosemite, we have the best of the best and the worst of the wours. we have the scenery and the water falls and 800 miles of hiking trails. but we have hoards and hoards of people coming. so i think john muir never advocated keeping people out. >> the limits of transportation kept people out of yosemite's harm. by there start of the 20th century, progress was pushing its heavy shoulder in yosemite. >> i think it was the train, it build a line up the river and it was the first time people could come in the winter. >> soon it would be the automobiles turn, but not right away. >> in 1906 harry benison was the superintendent and wrote a letter saying the valley reminded him of coney island and he wanted changes and the first one was banning automobiles and that lasted till 1913. >> even john muir supported lifting the ban. he felt the more people that saw it, the more that would want to preserve it.

. in massachusetts and parts of rhode island, we'll look at significant snow accumulations . we are dealing with a lot of heavy rain . that has since moved off shore. we are see snow shower necessary new york city and snow in portions of upstate new york and across the state of pennsylvania. how much snow are we talking about in the i-95 one-two inches in philadelphia. rain will be mixing inment and we'll not see as much in philadelphia . new york city. two-four inches . westbound, suburbs in new jersey can be looking at more snow with 4-5 inches forecast and in roadway -- rhode island and massachusetts. four-inches of rainfall . this is it looking at dangerous driving conditions. wind chill advisories are in affect. we have winter storm warning because of the wind and amount of snowfall we are looking at. >> if you are staying inside on a weekend, it is not too bad but for the travelers it is it you rough. >> stay in. thank you maria. >> they are used to performing in bigger venues. but the oakridge boys put on a show for one of their biggest fans. >> ♪ "amazing grace". >> they phoned it

't quite get there i think you can get. >> bill: what if i sold rhode island then i could probably get that. [ laughter ] >> bill: chinese would buy it? >> is chafee still going to be government after you sell it. >> bill: who cares. >> he is damaged goods after you took care of him last night. >> bill: i'm trying for a trillion dollars to cut the debt every year. not the deficit. the debt. i'm trying to get enough money in here so that we can go from 16 to 15 to 14, you see? >> we get rid of a trillion dollars very quickly by taking a half trillion a year. >> bill: what you just said is how you get rid of it. you raise the retirement rate for social security for a couple of years. >> medicare as well. >> bill: not for people who are over 45. under 45 or maybe 48. but the people who bought into the system. >> you are already into the details. and we're losing the parameters here. >> bill: i'm sorry. detail guy. i'm sorry. >> that's terrific. but, until we -- and we have to make one more rule on this. >> bill: what's is that. >> you go to the table. same table. either obama's table or boehne

are with their families there is nothing wrong with it? >> they are calling it a holiday tree in rhode island because they want to be politically correct. >> it's a christmas tree. >> it's a christmas tree. >> i love christmas. >> you know there is a war on christmas, right? >> i haven't heard. >> no. you haven't heard of the war on christmas? >> no. how can you have a war with christmas? santa has a big army. >> they are very little, they are elves ♪ jingle bells. >> do you guys like to sing. >> yeah. >> calm down. >> yeah. >> jingle bells, jingle bells. jingle all the way ♪ jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rocks that's all i have got. >> have you ever watched bill o'reilly on factor news. >> i am a factor fan. >> comedian. >> he is funny sometimes not intentionally. >> he is edgy. i do like him though. >> anything you want to say to bill right now? >> merry christmas. ♪ jingle bells. >> bill: and merry christmas to you. joining us now from new york is watters. all right. i have got a couple of questions about that. >> okay. >> bill: the girls said jesus was born in bethlehem, pennsylvani

rhode island where the governor will not call the state christmas tree a christmas tree. recently i asked why, why some christian leaders are silent when christianity comes under attack author the book how can i know answers to life's most questions. how christian leaders sitting it out? i think for two reasons, bill. one is christian leaders have the wrong idea about jesus. they see jesus as this little wimpy guy who walked around best of best of plucking dazes. the fact is jesus did confront his culture with truth and he ended up being crucified because of it that's one reason. even more reason is pastors don't like controversy many of them. they are afraid of losing church members, getting involved in a lawsuit. i was talking yesterday to kelly shackleford the head of liberty institute that defends religious freedom cases. he said our biggest problem is not the liberal judges it's pastors, school districts, city councils caving in prematurely to the threats of aclu instead of standing up. he said we will come alongside those groups and fight for free those religious rights. >> we

. >> i had to start out with pure cuteness on this one. we have to head to rhode island where they had some snow last night in some places quite a bit enemma claire is experiencing it for the first time. yes, her dad just wanted to send us a little ireport and let us know how emma -- she is very fascinated he said. she gets down, starting touching it and playing with it. many more years of snow if you're staying in rhode island. thanks for sending that. another storm to watch for. now the other one has moved off the northeast and through new england, parts of north texas and the western part of oklahoma now with some winter weather add advisories in place. it's going to dampen out as it heads to the east. quite a bit of rain from dallas and parts of the gulf eventually. so as far as new year's eve goes, what will be the tep be like in in times square closer to the freezing mark. chicago colder and colder and las vegas, 37 if you're celebrating there right at midnight. that's the big picture. a check a little closer to home. this weather report brought to you by the u.s. postal service.

. if you happen to live in rhode island. a petting zoo in rhode island, they're feeding the trees to dozen of goats. they eat them in perfect silence, as you hear there. apparently they like chomping on the pine needles. >> that was a cow. >> hang on, okay? goats and lambs and cows, they also have a taste for christmas. >> interesting. >> make sure you remove the ornaments, though. >> leave them on there. a goat will eat anything. >> practical advice. thank you, ron. >>> now, to what was supposed to be a floating island of of lance but instead has turned into nausea on the high seas. >> an outbreak of a highly-contagious stomach virus on "the queen mary 2" is disrupting vacations. matt gutman has more. >> reporter: the cdc is investigating two outbreaks of the stomach flu on cruise liners. 200 passengers aboard "the queen mary 2" reported vomiting and diarrhea this week. a bug believed to be the norovirus. the captain telling healthy passengers to avoid the buffet and quarantining the ill. and aboard another ship, "the emerald princess," which docked thursday in ft. lauderdale, another 194

. in the end it came down to ms. pill feigns and ms. u.s.a. and ms. usa out of rhode island became the first american since 1997 to win the crown. go usa! [ laughter ] >> quite a sports story. [ laughter ] >> tim lincecum has a new hairdo, and it's short. he had his worst year in the majors last year until he came out of the bullpen in the playoffs and helped the giants win the world series. maybe he's getting it to get a new look. he could still grow it back. >>> a 5th grader starring for the high school varsity basketball team. 4'5" 5th grader, 10 years old, playing varsity basketball in orlando, florida. >> have a good night, everybody.

the gentleman from massachusetts rise -- rhode island -- for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts seek recognition? rhode island. mr. cicilline: thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. cicilline: thank you, mr. speaker. i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. cicilline: mr. speaker, our country is facing a critical financial deadline in just 19 days. while democrats are offering solutions to raise revenue and cut government spending, the house republican leadership still refuses to take action on something we all agree on, extending middle-class tax cuts. we need to give-class families in my state of rhode island and across the nation the certainty they will not see a tax increase at a time they can least afford it. i have heard from hundreds of rhode islanders who want to protect social security. working parents who want to extend tax cuts for the middle class. and those still struggling to find work who rely on unemployment insurance to make e

people out there. they go after the prince of peace. >> i interviewed rhode island governor chafee on the program yesterday. he didn't seem to be an angry guy. i don't think he is i don't think lincoln chafee is an angry guy. now, he is one of the s.p. warriors who is trying to tell his state that we don't really have a christmas tree. we have a holiday tree which is insane. and you know he didn't know that president obama calls it a christmas tree. that he didn't know any of that. chafee presides over a state second worst in the country behind your state california. you would think that chafee would want to have the christmas tree and everything else associated with christmas so people would come to rhode island and buy stuff. >> well, you would think. >> self-interest. self-interest. >> you would think he would want to have the christmas tree because it marks the observance at the beginning of a philosophy of love and caring and not hating your neighbor and that would be enough reason. >> bill: got to get some money into the state. just for that reason. >> i'm sorry. that's not e

it is for zombie apocalypse. >> darrin, up coming gigs? >> providence, rhode island this friday and saturday. >> i hear providence is a great place. >> it is. >> a lot of fun. >> special thanks. i does it for me, i'm greg gutfeld. >> bill: the o'reilly factor is on. tonight: >> early 20's. female. she has been shot about three or four times. >> shots fired. >> bill: a pro-football player murders the mother of his baby and then kills himself right in front of his coach. >> i'm choosing not to answer any questions about what i saw yesterday. it wasn't a pretty sight. so i'm choosing not to talk about it. >> this is a horrendous story and we will discuss it with bernie goldberg, juan williams, and mary katharine ham. >> if our christmas is going to be all about getting upset at people who are trying to take away our christmas, isn't that silly, too? >> bill: well, no, father, it's not silly, because the attacks on christianity in america are on the rise. jonathan morris and i will debate it tonight. >> so ann coulter was cancelled here. do you agree with that or disagree. >> defini

situations that are totally crazy like rhode island where the governor will not call the state christmas tree a christmas tree. recently i asked why, why some christian leaders are silent when christianity comes under attack author the book how can i know answers to life's most questions. how christian leaders sitting it out? i think for two reasons, bill. one is christian leaders have the wrong idea about jesus. they see jesus as this little wimpy guy who walked around best of best of plucking dazes. the fact is jesus did confront his culture with truth and he ended up being crucified because of it that's one reason. even more reason is pastors don't like controversy many of them. they are afraid of losing church members, getting involved in a lawsuit. i was talking yesterday to kelly shackleford the head of liberty institute that defends religious freedom cases. he said our biggest problem is not the liberal judges it's pastors, school districts, city councils caving in prematurely to the threats of aclu instead of standing up. he said we will come alongside those groups and fight for free

. bill o'reilly is not interested in facts he decided to attack the governor of rhode island. watch. >> governor, a holiday tree, a holiday tree, really governor? where did the holiday tree come from? >> last year, when the subject came up about what we're going to do at this time of year, i said just do what the previous governor did we're not going to change thinking. that's what we did. somehow this has erupted into some kind of controversy. i did what the governor did before. >> all i want to do is keep the traditions of christmas that make most americans happy. most americans want to call it a christmas tree. you're imposing your will and making unhappy in the season of joy. >> cenk: you're in the minority. they should shut their mouths and have no rights whatsoever. that's right we don't live in that kind of government where we're supposed to not establish a religion. where did the christmas tree come from anyway? >> it came from slavac traditions. early christians were dead set against them. they were pagan trees. then he brings out and atheist to have a fight with him. >> yo

born in that great state of rhode island. where i hail from. kingston. the uri, you didn't go to uri, though, you went to wellesley. and then you went on from there to where? >> oxford. university. >> how many years were you there? >> one. >> what did you study? >> theology. >> then where did you go? >> i went to new jersey. >> and what did you study there? >> at princeton i studied the origins and history of ancient christianity. >> you taught in a number of institutions. would you list those for us? >> i taught at princeton briefly, i taught at u.c. berkeley, university of pittsburgh, for a year i was at the hebrew university at jerusalem and currently at boston unive >> you have? >> yes, indeed. >> i got my degree in '79. >> you're the professor of the appreciation of scripture, you've been doing that for what? >> since '90. >> for nine years. three books to your credit? >> that's true. >> i notice that you retreated from some of your statements from your first book, "jesus of nazareth, king of the jews." what changed in the 11 years between the publication of these two books. >>

. in the case of connecticut, you would just have to go to neighboring rhode island. if numbers are concerned, this is the worst school shooting in the history of the united states. >> exactly, you picked up on that. the worst massacre the u.s. has seen at a school. will this even be an agenda- setting one in washington with lawmakers? of course, i am talking about gun control here. >> that is hard to say. we have had this horrible shooting in colorado in july were 12 people were killed, and that was in the middle of the presidential campaign, but it did not really change anything. consistently, you have the argument by the pro-gun lobby who say the laws are in place -- for example, in connecticut, assault weapons are banned. >> i apologize. we were having problems with the signal with our reporter in washington. we are obviously going to get more information to you about the school shooting as it comes in. >> we have also more information now on the attempted explosion here in germany. earlier this week, a homemade bomb found. >> found in a small town in western germany. the federal prosecut

that have psychotic breaks. >> the five states with the lowest death rate from guns. hawaii, rhode island, massachusetts, connecticut, and new york, erotically. the five highest, louisiana, mississippi, alaska, nevada, alabama. the other five have the highest gun ownership in the country and the most relaxed laws. >> we have the toughest gun laws in the city. it did not do much to cut down on the violence. it took a lot of police to do it. >> go on the internet. google gun-control and see what you come up with. statements from the founding fathers about our guns. toward washington. -- george washington. try to stop gun sales in this country, you will run into a series of roadblocks. >> australia had a mass killing in the mid-1990s and they passed a severe loss where all existing guns had to be turned in. the government bought them back. after a certain date if they were in your home, you were arrested. they have had a decrease in crime and suicide, which is an interesting development. it seems to me, you either have to go that route, which you cannot in the u.s. -- gun ownership in austra

to train your dragon. no. 4, st. mary's james, in rhode island, 82-59. no. 3, holiday bowl, baylor clobbers ucla. no. 2, belk bowl. 83 yards. 48-32, the final. and no. 1, dallas, just wishing he goes! just tosses it up. and beats the buzzer by a tenth of a second to force overtime. dallas did lose the game to oklahoma city, final of 111- 105. >>> we'll be back. ,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, the transit celebrating 10 >>> tomorrow, san francisco muni is throwing a birthday party. and you are invited! the transit agency is celebrating 100 years by offering free rides all day on all vehicles. the free ride lasts till 5 a.m. on saturday. be aware, they are running on a holiday schedule all this week. >> speaking of parties, it's beginning to look a lot like new year's. preparations underway for the new year's eve ball drop at times square in new york city. today workers installed waterford crystal triangles on the ball. more than a bill people across the world expected to watch the television broadcast of the ball drop. >> it will be spectacular! >> hopefully the weather will be good. >> should be fu

their students. in rhode island, ashley prugh's class is collecting food and books for underprivileged. >> they by far exceeded anything i could have expected. >> reporter: after giving hand warmers to her bus driver, stephanie challenged her co-workers to do something, too. now the social media director at chicago's w. hotel, is sharing each of their acts of kindness on the company's facebook page. >> we have so many employees and so many people can do good things and hopefully other people will pick up on it and pass it on. >> reporter: adding to an unexpected surge of good will. there's no telling how far it can go. >> amazing. that was nbc's carl quintilla. >>> jessica simpson addressing pregnancy rumors. >>> and super-sized holiday movie this season. why are these movies so long? straight ahead. over the south pacific in 1943. i got mine in iraq, 2003. usaa auto insurance is often handed down from generation to generation. because it offers a superior level of protection, and because usaa's commitment to serve the military, veterans and their families is without equal. begin your

shared their good deeds online, they inspired others. teachers inspired their students. in rhode island, they are collecting food and books for underprivilege. >> they by far exceeded anything i could have expected. >> reporter: after giving hand warmers to her bus driver, stephanie challenged her co-workers to do something, too. now, the drivers at chicago's w hotel is sharing each of their acts of kindness on the company's facebook page. >> we have so many employees and so many people can do good things and hopefully people will pick up and pass it on. >> reporter: adding to an unexpected surge of good will. there's no telling how far it can gil can go. >>> jessica simpson addressing pregnancy rumors. >>> and super sized movie, why are these movies so long? straight ahead. msnbc. >>> welcome back to "first look." christmas should be a day of joy and celebration and recent tragic events gave this year's holiday a deficit feeling. >> reporter: in newtown, connecticut, it was a day of lingering heartache. empty stockings hung as reminders of loss filled with gifts and police helps for ti

and munitions from being sent to the colonies in new hampshire and rhode island, colonists took over the force and took the ammunition -- forts and took the ammunition. >> in his latest, kevin phillips >> in his latest, kevin phillips

: quorum call: quorum call: the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. whitehouse: is the senate in a quorum call? the presiding officer: the senator is correct. mr. whitehouse: then may i ask that the quorum call be suspended? the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: and i ask unanimous consent that morning business be extended until 7:00 p.m. with all other provisions remaining in effect. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call:

at that storm to stay to the south. mostly rain across the buzzard's bay area and rhode island. but the varying purple healer, closest to rain or changing over to snow. there is a chance we could be seeing 3 to 5 inches, 5 would be pushing it. i'd say most will see 3 inches. that's a look across the country. now here's a peek out your window. >> new york city, 39 degrees, a little break but again not much. charlotte, 51 degrees. looks good in florida, 70 today. and some of those storms could be strong in new orleans later this afternoon. >> so we are talking another storm, again, it's minor, i'd say 3 uninches would be a good guess. >>> coming up, a million-dollar t-rex smuggling ring. newtown shooter adam lanza's dna will be studied. >>> plus who are hollywood's most bankable stars? you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back to "early today." scientists plan to study the dna of adam lanza the 20-year-old who shoot and killed 26 people at newtown, connecticut. they hope to find an abnormality that could predict an inclination towards violence. >>> secretary of state hillary clinton will re

up across connecticut and northern rhode island and there is a chance we could see an additional foot or more of snow across new england. we're almost done across southern new england. we also have very strong wind gusts especially along the coast of new jersey an area that does not need additional wind damage. we did pick upwind gusts up 70 to 75 miles per hour but these are easing too. >> such bad timing. so many people trying to get home. >>> well, president obama is aboard air force one right now and some lawmakers will weather the storms to return to washington today with just five days left to avert the fiscal cliff. now all eyes will be on the senate after house republicans said it's up to them to reach the deal. nbc's danielle leigh is on capitol hill. what's the latest? >> it's another day and another standoff. john boehner may not even bring the house back to town until the senate comes up with a possible plan. >> reporter: obama leaves his tropical retreat in hawaii for a wintry washington, tension on capitol hill is on high. >> i don't so how you could hammer out any kind

rhode island, eastern massachusetts and also portions of eastern connecticut snow possible new england region we could be looking up to a foot of snow out there. by sunday gone. it will be windy behind it and much colder. >> dave: that's the exactly what i need for my 4 a.m. commute tomorrow morning. thank you very much molina, bearer of bad news. >> juliet: hotel room time. let's get to some headlines. cops releasing video of the woman pushing a man in front of a subway train. she was talking to herself. cops have released this footage running away from the subway station. three cops were shot. prison worker eddie jones iii being processed on domestic violence and stalking charges. that's when he tackled officer, took her gun and began hiring. the officer who raced to her being hailed as heros. >> there are actions of protecting the community quickly escalated from responding to a call for service to performances of heroic actions by members of this police department. >> officers ruth burns and kevin stein both out of the hospital. officer james garber is also expected to be okay. the

that are totally crazy, like rhode island where the governor will not call the state christmas tree a christmas tree. >> a governor is calling the state house tree a holiday tree. in an effort to be inclusive. bah humbug. but rhode island's governor isn't the only person saying holiday instead of christmas. and some of those people might be too close to mr. o'riley for comfort. >> the holiday season is here, which means it's time for your office holiday party. >> holiday party. >> hey, wilson, got any tips about your holiday party? >> stand around there awkwardly and that's a holiday party. >> a "holiday party"? do these fox holes know about the war on christmas? or are they fighting for the wrong side? sure looks like it. they called their segment holiday party pointers. they were giving holiday party tips for office holiday party etiquette. an entire fox show has gone rogue. they need a refresher on the fox talking points. >> we're not nuts, are we? there is a war on christmas. >> no. >> if there is a war on christmas, it's coming from inside fox. did the christmas warriors think we wouldn't

's the beef. and this is paid for by the state of rhode island, the folks. he said i can't call it a christmas tree because that offends people who aren't christians but 80% of americans say they are christians so who, you know. i think might be offending them. >> it's part of a larger problem and issue. right now religion is being treated like smoke and religious displays like second hand smoke. no one can be exposed to because it's bad for you. that's why the beckett fund gives silly awards. my parents left cuba and came to this country because the government in this country is not supposed to be able to touch or take away what's in here or what's in here. >> bill: why do you think the secular progressives are attacks displays in the public square, why? >> it bothers them. they want the state to be the only place where get their values and their religion. >> that's what they did in cuba, right? >> that's what they did in cuba, in fact, christmas and christmas trees were banned in cuba for 30 years. why? castro understood this was an important part of who we are. it's not about who god is. it

and into rhode island, today and tonight, earlier this morning the snow came down heavy and hard in washington, d.c., briefly. we saw big white fluffy flakes outside of the white house and the capitol and we saw the snow move into new york city in the early afternoon hours. the snow was pretty on saturday, but as we move into the evening hours of tonight, of course we are looking at the snow to even accumulate more, and for areas in the northeast, this is going to be heavy snow and substantial. now, the latest models are taking us to a foot in parts of connecticut and rhode island. so this is going to be plowable, shovelable snow early in the morning as this low pressure center works its way up across new england. it is getting closer to the coast than the original path indicated, because of the westward track we are looking for heavier bands of snow as far north as coastal maine, you are likely to see accumulations of up to a foot of snow by sunday morning. tracking the low, one of the things it will do is bomb out and what that means is as it's off shore, the low pressure center will deepen and

. looking at this in rhode island. meteorologist dylan dreyer with the forecast. >> thanks, c.j. good morning. we're talking about more snow in the northeast. this time around, more of a new england snowstorm, especially southeastern new england. right now, the storm generating some snow. at this time moving through ohio and western pennsylvania and western new york state. rain through the carolinas and virginia. most of washington, d.c. area. you can see the winter storm warnings and advisories all throughout the northeast, throughout the day. this whole storm system is going to track just to the southeast of martha's vineyard and nantucket in massachusetts. the coldest side of the storm will move through boston, back through northern rhode island and into northern connecticut as well. that's why that's an area that will see most of the snowfall. picking up in intensity across pennsylvania and also back up to syracuse as well. wider view of our snouf estimates shows a widespread swath of 3 to 6 inches. in the boston area, we should pick up a few inches before it tries to mix with rai

they had no real impact in bringing a revolution about. new hampshire and rhode island to a certain extent. new jersey and georgia was very small in population. what i call vanguard colonies were massachusetts, connecticut, virginia and south carolina. not new york and pennsylvania, important as their word, because they were too divided. the vanguards were out in front. >> what were the 500,000 that were not white? >> blacks, free blacks, 50,000 may be. black slaves, 450,000. >> who were responsible for bringing the black slaves to america? >> a lot of people. a lot of people who regretted that they had. a lot of the merchants were quakers bringing slaves in. and then there would not do that after a certain point. in the beginning they were. the british and the french had the largest organized slave trade. a lot of people in the colonies were slave traders, too, but there were nominally british of the time. >> how many other countries had people, forces, military in and around the colonies? >> the spanish were present in the caribbean and west of the mississippi. all the way down into mexi

of southwestern virginia, the mountains of north carolina, and all the way up toward new york for rhode island, massachusetts, the eastern areas, up across new england. this will be a big storm for them, delivering blizzard conditions as one area of blow pressure strengthens just off the coast. we'll see 1 to 3 inches of snow, those counties shaded in purple. montgomery county, louden county in virginia run on down into areas of warren and around blue ridge. maryland bordering pennsylvania, about 2 to 4 inches of snow. there it could stay on the ground a little longer. slippery conditions for the early part of the day. latter part of the day, as we warm up and we will, i think, by a few degrees. not much. 39 is where we are now. so as that snow comes back into the area, because we did have a few flakes early this morning, a few wet flakes, temperatures will start to drop, and it will support the snow for a while. you're seeing the radar split because of the two areas of low pressure. it's snow mostly up to the north. sleet and rain around the northern neck. then it's snow for winchester, marti

, lieberman, reed of rhode island, akaka, nelson of nebraska, webb, mccaskill, udall of colorado, hagan, begich, manchin, slay hurricane katrina be, blumenthal, mccain, inhofe, sessions, chambliss, wicker, brown of massachusetts, portman, ayotte, collins, gramm, cornyn, and vitter. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i move to proceed to h.r. 6516, which is the russia moll did a have a trade agreement. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the motion. the clerk: motion to proceed to calendar number 552, h.r. 6156, an act to authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment, normal trade relations treatment, to products of the russian federation and moldova and to require reports on the compliance of the russian federation with its obligations as a member of the world trade organization and for other purposes. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from -- mr. mccain: i thank the -- the presiding officer: the senator from arizona. mr. mccain: i would like to thank the majority leader for his patience in allowing

to the gentleman from rhode island. the gentleman from rhode island is recognized. mr. cicilline: thank you. and i thank the gentlelady for her courtesy. i thank my republican colleagues, congressman chabot and congresswoman ellmers, for working across the aisle and introducing the small business investment company modernization act. small businesses is the most effective job creator, faced the brunt of the financial crisis. we have the sbic program, and today's bill will help give the sbic program a lealty and robust public-private partnership, providing important capital to small businesses in my home state of rhode island and across this country. the sbic program leverages private investment to provide greater capital to small businesses. since its creation in 1958, the sbic program has promoted more than $62.6 billion in financial assistance, made more than 164,000 investments in small businesses. in the past two years, sbic supported more than 130,000 jobs. in the past six years, sbics have invested more than $68 billion in rhode island small businesses, including over $40 million in fiscal y

american miss universe in 15 years, rhode island's olivia culpo joins us live. not today. [ male announcer ] bob has afib: atrial fibrillation not caused by a heart valve problem, a condition that puts him at greater risk for a stroke. [ gps ] turn left. i don't think so. [ male announcer ] for years, bob took warfarin, and made a monthly trip to the clinic to get his blood tested. but not anymore. bob's doctor recommended a different option: once-a-day xarelto®. xarelto® is the first and only once-a-day prescription blood thinner for patients with afib not caused by a heart valve problem, that doesn't require routine blood monitoring. like warfarin, xarelto® is proven effective to reduce the risk of an afib-related stroke. there is limited data on how these drugs compare when warfarin is well managed. no routine blood monitoring means bob can spend his extra time however he likes. new zealand! xarelto® is just one pill a day, taken with the evening meal. and with no dietary restrictions, bob can eat the healthy foods he likes. do not stop taking xarelto® rivaroxaban without talking t

will appoint the following conferees. the clerk: senators levin, lieberman, reed of rhode island, akaka, nelson of nebraska, webb, mccaskill, udall of colorado, hagan, begich, manchin, shaheen, blumenthal, mccain, inhofe, sessions, chambliss, wicker, brown of massachusetts, portman, ayotte, collins, graham, cornyn and vitter. mr. whitehouse: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island is recognized. mr. whitehouse: may i ask unanimous consent that we continue in morning business until 7:00 p.m. the presiding officer: is there an objection? no objection, so ordered. mr. whitehouse: i note the absencabsence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: mr. begich: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from alaska is recognized. beck beck recognized. mr. begich: i ask we vacate the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. begich: you now lay before the senate a message from the house with respect to h.r. 2838. the presiding officer: the clerk lays before the senate a message from the

? good morning. and big story for rhode island, which prides itself on being home to the big, blue bug. culinary wonders. like del's lemonade. and now, the littlest state in the union has a brand-new distinction. the home of miss universe. con dwrat -- congratulations, rhode island. 20-year-old olivia culpo, beat out contestants from 89 countries. including runners-up, miss philippines and miss venezuela. in a few weeks, by the way, sam will be one of the judges for the miss america pageant. so, we asked, can another rhode islander make history? we'll find out, sam, when it airs on abc. >> i'm getting all my tips from lara, by the way. taking notes. >> there's a whole lot you need to know. >> i'm still learning. >>> here's a "downton abbey" christmas special. it's a gingerbread house or gingerbread estate. an exact replica of the estate on that hit period drama. the culinary construction work done by a utah man named smith jenson. isn't that credible? it is edible. in a long, long, long time. he probably, like all of us, cannot wait for the return of "downton abbey" on january 6th. jus

at work. >> look at rhode island. look where unions have been the strongest. look at the shuttered factories. i'm not being anti-union here. i'm pro-union. i want factories in connecticut, in rhode island, in massachusetts, across new england reopened. but the jobs from overseas, they're not going there. they're not going there because of work force rules that i think even trump told me were outdated and outmoded. >> is our education system outdated? >> no. >> our union advocacy, is that outdated, how they go about fighting for it? i don't know. that question was put on the table. whether factories are shut, that means jobs have left. if you look at wages enjoyed by workers in right-to-work states, i think it should be put on the table. where do they fare? i have not done the analysis so it's hard to say. >> it's a question, though, willie, whether you want the job or not. >> right. >> i asked bob riley, i've said this 1,000 times, it seems extraordinarily important if you're a union member in the northeast, and like me, you want your factories running again. i asked bob riley, i d

any rational person feel bad. all of this garbage, rhode island refuses to call a christmas tree a christmas tree. schools replacing christmas carols with secular songs, all of that is snumenting. therefore i'm not going to back away from my campaign to keep christmas christmas in this country. father jonathan morris a fox news contributor sees it a bit differently. >> the reason i'm not angry is well, yes, i think it's silly, it's out of place for people to dedicate so much energy to try to get rid of christmas scenes like this. the good news is, when christianity has been persecuted, when it has been outlawed, when people have died for their faith it hant gone away. if our christmas is going to be getting upset with people trying to take away our christmas, isn't that silly, too? >> bill: here now is father morris. >> what could you disagree with about what i just said? >> bill: because it isn't silly. >> what's not silly. >> my campaign. >> no it's not at all. >> bill: mine is very deadly serious. >> i agree with you that you should be doing what you are doing. what's silly is

an island off the coast of rhode island. and that took some adjustment as well. >> i'll bet. >> rose: but prior to doing that and realizing the things that i needed to go to help, i went through the dod study that i think you could explain better as far as that medicine goes, this type of psychotherapy that helped me, incredibly. it doesn't get rid of ptsd. it helps you deal with it better, tnk about it more gicay, process it better. and i think those tools that you learn in this program plus maybe that medication. >> do you think you could explain to us a little bit about how your life has changed with therapy and what's different? >> well, now i recognize that, yes, i do have ptsd. and i'm not embarrassed about it any longer. but it caused me to think about these things that happen. for example, not just a horrifying event that took place but it was bizarre. and that was in the republican balance as in baghdad. i was there for a meeting with the force protection colonel. and of course as usual the rockets come in. and they're blowing up outside. and then i see smoke coming from dow

or television. he get a note from a french army sitting in rhode island, which said, thed admiral of the french navy sitting in the caribbean believes he could come north for six weeks. the entire opportunity was created because washington a courage year over to send one-third of the army to south to fight general corp. wallace and wear him out. he won a victory at the court house in north carolina that cost him so much he said to his staff two more victories like this and we won't have an army left. they would gradually tearing up cornwallis' army. he retreats expecting the royal nay destroy save him. washington has gotten the note. the french march from rhode island over to new york, french general said i'm under your command. they managed to mask the british in manhattan. they don't know washington is on the move and think he is sitting there. they had a five-day head start. they run through philadelphia where washington has to raise the money to get the army to keep it moving. that's how close it is. the only time in the entire washington is described as intensely emotional the morning he s

delaware new jersey alabama and rhode island. this was the index tied towards realtors. everything that we're seeing is doing quite nicely, very thin inventories in california and arizona. it is a seller's market. any inventory under 6 is a seller's market and a thing over six is a buyer's market. >> let's talk about or call pushing up their dividends. we have the fiscal cliff at the end of the year and the dividend on capital gains and the interests the taxes go up 15 percent over 20 percent. these companies are pushing up their dividends coming in now but oracle is unique. they're going to pay all of their taxes this year before higher taxes >> i think that is a smart thing to do. 228 companies have said they are pulling the evidence for it. oracle is doing a onetime big fat one because they have to cash in their dividends yield 7.1%. they will receive 198.1 million getting taxed at 18% which is better than getting taxed at 20% or more. or call accelerated dividends, it is nice to see a smart return on money. as a honor of a company they are taking care of their shareholders. >> but they

., new hampshire and rhode island plan to legalize american. >>> quake struck northwest of in donesia, it measured 7.1. there were no reports of major damage or injuries. >>> our weather was spectacular. >> weekend too. weather was insane for this time of year. we don't expect temperatures in the upper 60s but that is what we got. things are changing around. we have the live radar sweeps going. nothing showing now. as we get into, yeah, next 36 hours we will see green on here. come in close. san francisco, richmond, beautiful out there. no fog. it is one of the prettier nights. beautiful sun sets as well. cloud free long the avenues. that is how it will stay for a lital while and -- little while and then the clouds move in as we move forward. the clouds will set us up with the showers that get in here on tuesday night into wednesday morning. so tonight the patchy fog is going to be around. there has been valley fog. cool over night. tomorrow cooler. not the upper 60s we had today. still nice. clouds by late in the evening. showers develop. extended forecast, cold air settles in. this

. there is one sweet spot across rhode island. we are talking about a foot of snow and 6 inches possible. take a look at some of the temperatures 7 below zero in rapid city. 19 in minneapolis. you called that a sweeted spot. sweet for the skiers. >>> it has been a wild year for weather from destruction and devastation to extreme heat almost every corn was impacted. >>> january dmiens takes a blook. >> tornadoes twists wiped out communities and killing several people. a devastating ef 4 tornado with winds up to 200 miles an hour hit the midwest. henryville and maryville indiana completely obliterated. heartbreaking stories of families ripped apart like this tragic case of toddler angel babcock. her family was killed when the twister struck her mobile home. angel was found in a field near her home but died later from her injuries. the summer months brought little relief with scorching temperatures through out the east coast and midwest along with historic drought conditions. with soaring temperatures the community struggled to maintain their water supplies. farmers harvested just a fraction of t

in missouri to 35 cents an hour in rhode island. supporters say right now income guarantee is important since some unions are weakening. >> the increase in the minimum wage does give workers the kind of safety net that businesses themselves and some governments frankly are taking away little by little. >> some experts think that assessment is antiquated. >> union and advocacy groups don't realize is the battle is no longer with management. it's with technology. if you go in the local target or something like that, you check your own price, automatic price checker instead of people on the floor to help you out. we have been through a period where we have seen the impact of higher minimum wage. it forces businesses to cut back. >> federal minimum wage is $7.25. cities and states can set their own wages higher. like san francisco. which will raise its to $10.55 an hour on january 1. >> little more money in the pocket of workers, they will have an opportunity to go out and spend more money. and grow the economy a little bit. >> taking money away from business owners and giving it to low-skilled w

culpo. >> she's 20 years old, originally from rhode island and is a sophomore at boston university. culpo is the first american to be crowned miss universe since 1997. >> she is also an accomplished cello player that's performed with yo-yo ma and on stage at carnegie hall here in new york. congratulations to her. beautiful, young lady. >> yes, you approve? >> thumbs up. >>> this is breaking news for anyone in our business. ron burgundy and the action 4 news team are coming back. and now, we finally know when. >> "anchorman: the legend continues" opens in theaters one year from today, december 20th, 2013. go write that in one of your many leather-bound books. >>> as one legendary group returns, another is getting ready to retire. sadly, tonight is the last episode of "jersey shore" after six epic seasons. >> no more gtl. no more partying at karma. but fear not. snooki says she is still planning to return to the shore every summer. >> those kids were entertaining and made a ton of money. >>> fast food is now faster than ever. at one restaurant, you don't have to waste time unwrapping

to the goats in middletown, rhode island. in a matter of minutes, the trees -- there's not much left. one way of getting rid of the christmas tree tonight. >>> to our number tonight -- 1,380 feet. that's how far down it was for these flying dare devils, look at this, it was in malaysia. on the way down, they glide, flip, twirl, they filmed it all. capturing some breathtaking views. that was really something to see. >>> to our person tonight. superstar beyonce planning to share the super bowl spotlight at halftime and apparently you don't have to be a single lady. here's the deal, beyonce is looking for a hundred fans to shake it up with her on stage, during super bowl sunday. the pepsi concert begins online. they say, send beyonce your pictures. if you're chosen you could be on stage with her on super bowl sunday. if you can move like that. our "instant index" here for a saturday night. >>> when we come back -- one extraordinary return. an entire team's prayers answered and the coach who will return tomorrow, you'll hear from him right here tonight. at usaa, we know military life is different

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